Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia: pathologic features and clinical implications

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Myers, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse interstitial lung disease; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; Lung biopsy; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL;

EID: 34547774214     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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